“In ad­di­tion to CARD’s role, we want to ac­knowl­edge the part played in de­liv­er­ing it by the Bel­gium 20 group, as well as Women Against the Regime (WAR).

“It was months in the plan­ning, so it was not just about re­cent re­sults, but three years of hope­less man­age­ment of the club.

“If nec­es­sary we will re­turn to Bel­gium in even larger num­bers in fu­ture, but we would much pre­fer that Duchatelet makes ar­range­ments to sell the club be­fore that hap­pens. We fear for its fu­ture if he remains in con­trol.”